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FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts

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269 points youz | 3 comments | 23 Oct 25 21:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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nomilk ◴[23 Oct 25 22:40 UTC] No.45688297[source]▶
Add this to your uBlock Origin Lite filter list.

I haven't seen a short since :)

https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts/blob/master...

How to do it: Click on uBlock Origin Lite extension -> Settings (cog icon) -> Filter lists -> Custom filters -> Import / Export (bottom of page) -> Paste in the list

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Quarrelsome ◴[23 Oct 25 22:44 UTC] No.45688360[source]▶
Speaking of which, what the fuck is wrong with product managers at big tech these days?

When I try to express:

> I don't want to see ANY shorts

instead, I get:

> show me fewer youtube shorts

when I want to say:

> NO

I'm only allowed to say:

> mAyBe LaTeR

Do the people behind these design decisions not realise they're monsters by gagging their users into only being able to express notions that appease them?

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1. raincole ◴[23 Oct 25 22:47 UTC] No.45688388[source]▶
And YouTube doesn't really provide the option of showing less shorts. Try it. See if it really shows you less shorts there months later. Spoiler: it won't.
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2. BizarroLand ◴[23 Oct 25 22:50 UTC] No.45688419[source]▶
itS Our PlatfORM, wE do wHAT We waNt
3. ashanoko ◴[24 Oct 25 08:37 UTC] No.45692319[source]▶
"Yo, the customer be a virtual crack addict, the customer be fucked up and take whatever we be slinging. Yellow top, blue top, shit be weak, shit be strong, they be coming back.." free after the Wire.